Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-09-03
CHAPTER Y.


CHAPTER X.
THE ROSE OF FIRE
On we flew, drawn by the mighty current
till at last noticed that the sound Of the
water was not half SO deafening as it had
been. and concluded that this must be be
cause there was more room for the echoes tO
disperse in l could now hear Alphonse's
howis much more distinctly; they were made
up OF the oldest mixture Of invocatious 70
the Supreme Power and the name of his be-
loved Annette that it is possible to conceive
and, IL short, though their evident earnest
hess saved them from profanity, were, to say
the least, very remarkable. Taking up a
paddle, i managed tn drive it into his RIBS,
whereon he, thinking that the end had come,
howled louder than ever. Then slowly and
cautiously raised myself on my knees and
stretched my hand upward, but could touch
no roof Next took the paddle and lifted 1t
above my head high as could, but with
the same result l also thrust it out laterally
to the right and left but could touch nothing
except water Then l bethought me that
there was in the boat. among our other re-
naming possessions, a bulls eye lantern and
tin OF oil. I groped about and found it,
and having match on me, carefully Lit it,
and As soon a. the fame had got bold Of the
wick l turned it on down the boat. As it
happened, the first thing the light Lit on was
the white and scared face of Alphonse. who,
thinking that it was all over at last, and that
he was witnessing preliminary ce-
lestial phenomenon, gave q terrific yell,
and vas with difficulty reassured with
the PADDLE. As for the other three, Good
was lying on the fiat Of his back, his eye
g,as still fixed in his eye. and gazing blankly
into the upper darkness. Sir Henry had his
head resting on the thwarts Of the canoe. and
with his hand was trying to test the speed Of
the water. But when the beam of light fell
upon old Cmslopogaas | could really have
laughed. think have said that we had put
Q roast quarter Of water buck into the canoe.
Well, it SO happened that when we all pros
trated ourselves 10 avoid being swept out Of
the boat and into the water by the rtck roof,
Umslopogaas' head had come down uncom-
monty near this roast buck. and so soon as he
had recovered little from the first shock OF
our position il occurred to him that he was
hungry. Thereupon he coolly cut of chop
with Inkosi -kaas. and was now employed in
eating il, with every appearance Of satisfac-
ton. As he afterward explained, he thought
that he was going ION long journey" and
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